Walter Rodney
Title
Walter Rodney
Birth Date
1942
Birthplace
Georgetown, Guyana
Death Date
1980
Primary Sources
Rodney, W. (2022). Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2767-decolonial-marxism?srsltid=AfmBOookeChpluvfAD0Y0hrYzGDjHdyZhDOY5aTlx3-4ES27-adF-j5K
Rodney, W. (2019). The Groundings with My Brothers. Verso Books. (Original work published in 1969). https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/789-the-groundings-with-my-brothers?srsltid=AfmBOooTsDA8zS8srWeHpT-nd7wWBSn469BtUGIlIdiELvZD61MS-8-j
Rodney, W. (2018). How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Verso Books. (Original work published in 1972). https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/788-how-europe-underdeveloped-africa?srsltid=AfmBOopccFJxxsca8SimVRzhZIGtrAe_7MWB2asRLdkwR2RoNwmEDmHK
Rodney, W. (1970). A History of the Upper Guinea Coast 1545-1800. Monthly Review Press. https://nyupress.org/9780853455462/history-of-the-upper-guinea-coast/
Rodney, W. (1981). A history of the Guyanese working people, 1881-1905. Johns Hopkins University Press. https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/1025/history-guyanese-working-people-1881-1905?srsltid=AfmBOoqGQDD1y51KLVlUyaCVRli3_5XaUGZA8TSAhtalQC44E6RSPH8m
Rodney, W. (2019). The Groundings with My Brothers. Verso Books. (Original work published in 1969). https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/789-the-groundings-with-my-brothers?srsltid=AfmBOooTsDA8zS8srWeHpT-nd7wWBSn469BtUGIlIdiELvZD61MS-8-j
Rodney, W. (2018). How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Verso Books. (Original work published in 1972). https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/788-how-europe-underdeveloped-africa?srsltid=AfmBOopccFJxxsca8SimVRzhZIGtrAe_7MWB2asRLdkwR2RoNwmEDmHK
Rodney, W. (1970). A History of the Upper Guinea Coast 1545-1800. Monthly Review Press. https://nyupress.org/9780853455462/history-of-the-upper-guinea-coast/
Rodney, W. (1981). A history of the Guyanese working people, 1881-1905. Johns Hopkins University Press. https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/1025/history-guyanese-working-people-1881-1905?srsltid=AfmBOoqGQDD1y51KLVlUyaCVRli3_5XaUGZA8TSAhtalQC44E6RSPH8m
Secondary Sources
De Lissovoy, N. (2025). Backwards and Forwards: Walter Rodney, Decoloniality, and the Possibility of a Progressive Praxis. Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2025.2493643
Getachew, A. (2023). “The Present as History”: Walter Rodney and the Search for Usable African Pasts. Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, 72, 49–65. https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-10899330
Zeiling, L. (2022). A Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story. Haymarket Books. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1768-a-revolutionary-for-our-time
Getachew, A. (2023). “The Present as History”: Walter Rodney and the Search for Usable African Pasts. Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, 72, 49–65. https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-10899330
Zeiling, L. (2022). A Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story. Haymarket Books. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1768-a-revolutionary-for-our-time
Extra Resources
Dr. Walter Rodney: A Mini-Documentary. (2024, June 14). The Walter Rodney Foundation. YouTube. Accessed February 21, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWA17GecKw
Walter Rodney Foundation. (n.d.). Home. Accessed February 4, 2026. https://www.walterrodneyfoundation.org/
A brief Biography of Walter Rodney, National Secutiry Archive: 40 Years of freedom of Information action, Accessed February 4, 2026. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/brief-biography-walter-rodney
Walter Rodney Foundation. (n.d.). Home. Accessed February 4, 2026. https://www.walterrodneyfoundation.org/
A brief Biography of Walter Rodney, National Secutiry Archive: 40 Years of freedom of Information action, Accessed February 4, 2026. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/brief-biography-walter-rodney
Collection
Citation
“Walter Rodney,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed March 21, 2026, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/794.